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Ordained: 1966
Status: Settled
Ordained
for the Diocese of Steubenville. Absent on leave for four years before
assigned in 1980 to St. Bartholomew's in Manchester, CT. Retired in
2004. Settlement in the low six figures announced by attorney
Garabedian in 5/21 of claims that Bonadies sexually abused a boy, ages
14-17, 1981-85. Bonadies was a teacher and director of theater and
choir at East Catholic High School in Manchester during the time in
question and the boy was a student. The abuse allegedly occurred at the
school and in the St. Bartholomew parish rectory. Bonadies was
reportedly removed from ministry in 2018. Name added to the diocese's
list of credibly accused in 5/21. Living in 5/21 in FL.
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Ordained: 1966
Retired: 2004
Removed from ministry: 2018
Assigned as Follows:
1965: Ordained in the Diocese of Steubenville, OH
1966: Not indexed
1967: Blessed Sacrament Church (Wintersville, OH)
1968: St. Peter’s Church (Steubenville, OH)
1969: St. Agnes Church (Mingo Junction, OH)
1969-1974: St. John Vianney Seminary, College and Theology (Bloomingdale, OH)
1970: St. Peter’s Church (Steubenville, OH)
1971: St. Agnes Church (Mingo Junction, OH)
1972: Daughters of the Holy Mary of the Heart of Jesus Church (Steubenville, OH)
1973-1975: Our Lady of Fatima Church (Brilliant, OH)
1973-1975: Catholic Central High School (Steubenville, OH)
1976-1979: Absent on Leave
1980: Begins serving in the Archdiocese of Hartford
1980-1985: St. Bartholomew’s Church (Manchester, CT)
1983-1985: East Catholic High School (Manchester, CT)
1986: Not indexed
1987-2004: St. Ann’s Church (Hamden, CT)
2005: Retired – St. Ann’s Church (Hamden, CT)
2006-2020: Retired – (Pinellas Park, FL)
RETURN TO TOPSummary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Fr. Kenneth Bonadies:
Fr. Kenneth Bonadies was ordained a priest in 1966 for the Diocese of Steubenville, who served in multiple parishes in the Diocese of Norwich. According to media reports, in May
2021, the Archdiocese of Hartford paid a six-figure settlement to a
Connecticut man who credibly accused Fr. Bonadies of sexually abusing
him hundreds of times over a four-year period beginning in 1981. At the
time of the abuse, the victim was 14-17 years old. The abuse occurred
in the rectory of St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Catholic High School,
and in the priest’s car. The suit also alleges that after Fr.
Bonadies left the Diocese of Steubenville, he was sent for treatment
for pedophilia and then incardinated to the Archdiocese of Hartford.
The
Diocese of Norwich included Fr. Bonadies’s name on its 2018 list of
“priests who served in the Diocese of Norwich who had allegations in
other places but not it the Diocese of Norwich.”
In May of
2021, the Archdiocese of Hartford publicly named Bonadies on its list
of “clergy who have been the object of legal settlements or otherwise
credibly accused of sexual abuse of minor from 1953 to present.”
According to media reports, Bonadies currently resides in Pinellas Park, FL.
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